I did that, then I turned it into a Trav Zerker

https://d2.maxroll.gg/d2planner/2801061m#5

What's with that colossus blade grief! lol

Ok I could borrow the beast from my main barb for this build. Have pretty much all the items except for that super ridiculous helm you had. Only have a 5bo helm, think I can use that as temp? I guess the idea is to achieve lvl 45 item find right

Yeah it's about the 45 Find Item. Maximizes rune drops, etc.
The alternative is to lower your FCR to 20% and use a +3WC/35MF instead!

I have a spare 6 Find Item with 1os (Cham) somewhere, if you ever need it. Would be cheap, since not 2os, but still.

The Grief could be a zAxe or whatever.

I refuse to use a PB because the 1 range is clunky when you're chasing some of these dumb monsters

How bad is the durability on grief zerking? I took my barb for some trav run using grief and beast zerker ( WW ), the repair is annoying lol. Was considering getting a eBOTD lmao

are you using a tele ammy? would have to go repair anyway. the durability loss isn't going to be faster than you can use up charges.

No i wasn't using the tele ammy cause I stripped my sweet gf barb and made him a PVP Bvc barb lol. But i heard the council calling for me tempting me with potential gg rare so i went there

Zero issues. Can run like 10-12 Trav runs before it's a problem
WW at Trav imo is garbage. Everytime I've tried it, it ends up being worse than Zerking time-wise and consistency-wise. The only upside is you get to mana leech vs. Mana Burn, but that isn't a problem most of the time. Just carry pots as normal.

Running Infinity on the Merc was a gamechanger though. I was always told to run Pride, etc, but Infinity's defense negation is where it's at imo.
Pride also has the drawback of shattering corpses when the Merc lands a kill.

This post was edited by Exokek on Feb 21 2022 08:23am

Excellent guide however the importance of fire resist is understated. If your mercs fire resist isnt at least 70+ he is going to die in hell trav with ANY setup you put on him. period.

He could have 40% life leech and maxed attack speed, the hydra will melt him instantly. This is why andys helm is garbage for travincal, it has -30 fire resist which you have to counter with Chains of honor because a simple ral doesnt come close to cutting it. COH is also unnecessary and expensive.

A wealth armor is way better if you can get away with it and you CAN if you aren't chasing your fire resist. 15 ias 30 fire resist jewel in g face is optimal with eth wealth and eth ariocs. That is the best balance of necessary stats. I like reapers more but i hate corpse shatter so i use gavel on switch.

melee build is bad. i do more work with 2 ali babas than your griefs and you paid a fortune...

This post was edited by DrDangerDowell on Feb 21 2022 12:15pm

Flickering Flame will solve all our fire res issues

yes it will be very interesting to see it shift the meta.

stoked to find a nice barb helm base and rock it.